The Pale Echo
The orchid in the study, a fragile specimen of *Phalaenopsis amabilis* that had thrived under the specific, humid care of Dr. Elias Thorne for seven years, was beginning to wither, its waxy petals curling inward as if trying to protect a heart that had long since calcified into stone. It was a Tuesday evening in November, the year 1918, and the rain lashed against the leaded windows of the...
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